Monday, 28 February 2011
Sunday, 23 January 2011
Film Opening Brief
Out of the Four briefs, Lauren and I have chosen to follow the convention of...
Film Brief 3An independent movie featuring a young protagonist Your film should appear to be financed through regional funding
(Opening to Fish Tank, This Is England etc)
Film Brief 3An independent movie featuring a young protagonist Your film should appear to be financed through regional funding
(Opening to Fish Tank, This Is England etc)
and also some of...
Film Brief 4
An art house feature to appeal to adult audiences Your film should appear to be based on an actual event in the last 2 years.
(Opening to Elephant, Milk, Che etc)
Our independent/art house movie opening conveys the Kidnapping for ransom, of a rich families youngest child, during an evening walk down the beach. The idea is to capture the disruption of equilibrium in our opening, by using a variety of shots and effects, uncluding:
-The use of digetic sounds and non-digetic music to contrast tranquility with tragedy
- Prolonged shots of the colour red, paired with dissimilar pastil colours to provoke the presence of danger
- And also the use of bluring to connote disturbance, accompanied by extreme close-ups to inhance the severity of the situation. - Facial expressions will express tone and mood.
Influences that have helped me plan my opening include the 2010 film Inception.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXkUzf1et4 - In this opening the digetic sound of childrens laughter at the beach contradicts the dark opening graphology. Also the fading of heavy music into the peacful crashing of waves, is an effective way of diverging the audience, keeping the sence of the unexpected.
A heavy influence was the film Road to Perdition. The soundtrack has inspired me to include somthing similar in my opening. I have thought about using a choir recording suplimented by piano, played over the top of the opening scene, fading in at the start and getting louder, as a way of creating depth and meaning.
My final film influence came from Schindler's List. The black and white images are heavily contrasting the little girl in the red coat. The red strikes danger, even though she is unaware. In my film opening i intend for it to connote a 'Red Light' - a turning point or a distict change that occures and sets the path for the rest of the film.
An art house feature to appeal to adult audiences Your film should appear to be based on an actual event in the last 2 years.
(Opening to Elephant, Milk, Che etc)
Our independent/art house movie opening conveys the Kidnapping for ransom, of a rich families youngest child, during an evening walk down the beach. The idea is to capture the disruption of equilibrium in our opening, by using a variety of shots and effects, uncluding:
-The use of digetic sounds and non-digetic music to contrast tranquility with tragedy
- Prolonged shots of the colour red, paired with dissimilar pastil colours to provoke the presence of danger
- And also the use of bluring to connote disturbance, accompanied by extreme close-ups to inhance the severity of the situation. - Facial expressions will express tone and mood.
Influences that have helped me plan my opening include the 2010 film Inception.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VXkUzf1et4 - In this opening the digetic sound of childrens laughter at the beach contradicts the dark opening graphology. Also the fading of heavy music into the peacful crashing of waves, is an effective way of diverging the audience, keeping the sence of the unexpected.
A heavy influence was the film Road to Perdition. The soundtrack has inspired me to include somthing similar in my opening. I have thought about using a choir recording suplimented by piano, played over the top of the opening scene, fading in at the start and getting louder, as a way of creating depth and meaning.
My final film influence came from Schindler's List. The black and white images are heavily contrasting the little girl in the red coat. The red strikes danger, even though she is unaware. In my film opening i intend for it to connote a 'Red Light' - a turning point or a distict change that occures and sets the path for the rest of the film.
Idea's...
-extreme close-ups of foot prints in the wet sand, and then credits edited in over the top
- pan round the beach huts using p.o.v to create panic and confusion
- close-ups and eye line match used in the rear-view mirror on the way to the beach
- bridge shot of the car going down the motorway
- track and zoom along the beach, spotting the beach huts
-extreme close-ups of foot prints in the wet sand, and then credits edited in over the top
- pan round the beach huts using p.o.v to create panic and confusion
- close-ups and eye line match used in the rear-view mirror on the way to the beach
- bridge shot of the car going down the motorway
- track and zoom along the beach, spotting the beach huts
Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Anaylsis of opening scene
This is my interpretation and analysis of the opening scene of Trainspotting.
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Production Process
Lights, Camera, Action!
Filming around the school over a couple of lessons ment making sure we were in the same clothes, which was a bit of a challenge :) But besides that, working with the camera was alot of fun.
Lauren and Sophie were the two other girls in my group; with Lauren framing each shot on camera and sophie and i attempting to act it. (Lauren also played the anonemous third person who takes the phone at the end). We tried to include a variety of different camera shots including the Shot Reverse Shot and the 180 Degree Rule. As well as including the rule of thirds and also tracking, panning, and match on action.
When editing, i cut the beat of the music into the action of the film, editing the jump over the stares onto the base of the music behind. The music was chosen on a basis of trying to create suspence. Tracking shots and match on action were key through out, and the framing of each shot helped create confusion. During editing i also overlapped the film and music, and at one point i faded out both the music and film to help suggesr a passing of time.
Pre-production Process
Before filming a storyboard had to be made, so that we were clear about what we were filming. In our story boad we looked at different camera angles, time frames, and a variety of different shots. The only issue we had was keeping to our storyboard when filming. It was hard not to include new shots all the time. On the upside, a storyboard does help jog your memory of what your suppost to be doing!
From our brief, we included:
'Shot Reverse Shot' - This was used for conversations to show the audience who was involved, who was talking to who, and where the speaker was looking at the time.
'180 Degree Rule' - Used also in conversation to show where they are positioned in the room. The idea of the 180 Degree Rule, is to stop confusion about which way they are facing. So all the filming is captured along an imaginary line. The following picture explains..
'Match On Action' - This cuts out some of the movement in an action shot, and only shows the start and the finish. For example if somone was jumping it would show the jump, and then it would cut to the landing. So it skips the falling. Also this creates continuity and allows the viewer to understand what is happening on the screen, helping to convey movement and action.
So after this, we got started on the filming....
From our brief, we included:
'Shot Reverse Shot' - This was used for conversations to show the audience who was involved, who was talking to who, and where the speaker was looking at the time.
'180 Degree Rule' - Used also in conversation to show where they are positioned in the room. The idea of the 180 Degree Rule, is to stop confusion about which way they are facing. So all the filming is captured along an imaginary line. The following picture explains..
'Match On Action' - This cuts out some of the movement in an action shot, and only shows the start and the finish. For example if somone was jumping it would show the jump, and then it would cut to the landing. So it skips the falling. Also this creates continuity and allows the viewer to understand what is happening on the screen, helping to convey movement and action.
So after this, we got started on the filming....
Brief of Preliminary Task
My preliminary exercise has been to prepare, create and edit a short film, created by myself and two of my peirs. We are required to include the 180 degree rule, match on action, and also a variety of different camera shots and angles. We have a rough idea of what we want to do, and we plan on shooting a short film about two friends who find themselves close to the edge, when some confidential information gets into the wrong hands. They are forced to race against time to delete and dispose of the evidence. But have they done enough?
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